'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎614] (658/733)

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NAVIGATION OF THE
light the Weather is generally ha^y. From the middle of March to
September, the winds are mostly from the north-west, sometimes blow
ing very hard. Southerly winds seldom blow after March. You have
also occasionally land and sea-breezes. From the middle of May to
the end of June the wind called the grand Shamall blows: this is a con
tinued north-west wind, and at times blowing with great fury, in hard
gusts,—at other times light. It must have much altered since McClure's
time, who speaks of ships being unable to show sail above their
courses to it at all parts above Bushire.
The tides are quite regular at Bushire—it is high-water at full and
change at 7h. 50m.; at Karrack 9h. 20m., atDillum lOh. 20m, y half way
between that and the bar off Khore Moosa at llh. 10m., and at Bussora
Bar at 12h. 10m. The same remarks apply from the island of Kenn or
Ghes up to Bushire, so far as regards the winds, with the exception
that they are much lighter, except in the winter months, when they
blow hard, and often in heavy squalls. Except inshore, the tides here
are more irregular, being much influenced by the winds from Kenn
down to the Quoins. The winds hang in those months most to the
eastward and westward, when blowing strong from the north-west and
south-east above, taking the direction of the coast, and near the
entrance are frequently at north-east and south-west. Strong easterly
breezes occasionally blow in the hot season, and the land winds,
particularly on the Arabian Coast, are hot and blasting.
. At the head of the Gulf th e thermometer ranges from 48° to about 76°
m the cold months, and from 85° to 110° in the hot ; at the lower part
t ie range m the hot weather is much the same, and from 54° to 78° in
the cold.
At the entrance of the Gulf, and outside of it from Muskat to the
noin., t e tide;? and currents are variable and uncertain (except on
e ersian Coast, where there is a regular tide), and depend much upon
the winds. When calm, or light winds blow near the entrance of the
U ' 116 ln uence of the tide is felt across the whole from coast to coast.
PRODUCE.
rpppnt^ t ^ e Un ^ e ^ ec * state of Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. and Persia, and the
ecem ravages of the plague, a brisk trade was carried on in the Gulf, in
sam'p ™ 'th rmtS ' S urns ' and horses, from Bushire in Persia; the
\ZeZn C 7 Per a u many 0ther Similar articles ' from Bassora, to a very
of sixtv orl- M 0 i IT may be added pearls and s P ecie r to the amount
British manufacfurL • S C^r Pee ^ annUally ' For . this the ownerS t00k
y a produce; rice and timber from Malabar;